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| Our Perspective ... Homecoming brings
timeless school spirit |
 The
following poem appeared in Bob Chilton’s column “Confidentially
Speaking,” featured in The Appalachian Oct. 10, 1947.
“Warning for Homecoming:”
One night in late October
When I was far from sober
Returning my load with manly pride,
My feet began to stutter.
So I lay down in the gutter,
And a pig came near and lay down by my side.
A lady passing was heard to say:
‘You can tell a man who boozes,
By the company he chooses,’
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
While this poem may have been written over 56
years ago, and the poem itself may be cautionary in nature, the
message is still loud and clear: Homecoming will undoubtedly make
for some great stories whether we know it or not.
With Homecoming upon Appalachian State University yet again,
it is up to us, the proud students, to carry on the traditions so
poignantly stated all those years ago.
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| Be respectful to the culture your style portrays |
 Style
is the utmost important expression of who we are. The length of
our shorts, the number of holes in our jeans, the color of nail
polish we choose and the way we lace our sneakers are ways to express
how we feel and how we wish others to see us.
Naturally, a hairstyle that sits atop a head for all to see says
so much about a person. Those with green Mohawks might wish to scream
“rebel,” while those with bare heads may want to present
themselves as monks or Nazis. These are just some of the many stereotypes
we are enlightened with each day.
Our vision of the stereotypical hippie no longer includes long,
flowing hair pinned with daisies. The hippie now sports clumps of
knotted hair with beads of all sizes and colors. Yes, this is a
stereotype, but it comes with a rather humorous story.
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| Defunct road drains 70 years of tax dollars |
 The
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC-DOT) continues to
drain money into the rebuilding of N.C. 12, constructing only a
semi-permanent solution.
For those of you who have been in Boone for way too long, N.C. 12
is the “lifeline” for the communities on Hatteras Island,
providing passage between each other and to North Carolina’s
mainland. Residents depend on the road for many important aspects
such as hospitals, emergency responses, waste collection, transporting
children to the schools in Buxton and escaping from the next big
storm coming their way, according to the N.C. homepage.
N.C. 12 was built in the 1930s as a works corps project to further
the development of Hatteras Island, making it almost impossible
to function without N.C. 12 in today’s world.
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